State funding for the Bishop Museum - Legislative Reference Bureau

iieid eiireum of
Natrirai History
Chicago, !litnois
Exhibit 3
FACILITIES: 1971 AND 1987
~nnds of Facilities: 7971 Kinds of Faciiities. 1987
siio ioliime library availrble
for reference; historic rite;
exnibition arse.
50,000 voime library far
inter-library ioan: exhibir8on
area
li0.000 volume i mbrary for inter-
library ioan; exhibition area.
30,000 voiiime library far inter-
library ioan; exhibition area;
pienetarium.
50.500 voiiine library available
for reference; 22.000 pamlihlets
and 320 serial piib\icatianr;
~ianetarium; exhibition ares;
ht~toric ship; field research
stat ion.
1,500-~03. i tb-ary of painphiets. periodicair and books
rsiated 10 indians, and reiated caiiect,ons aveilable
for inter-library ioan; 22s-seat auditoriim. Crafts %
books by 'ndsana authors for saie.
50.3001 voi. i~brary of nskiirsi history available
for inter-i ibrary loan a for use by Fewest:
botanicai garden: zoological park; natiire center;
consewaraon lab, planetarium; field research
station; reading mom; 750 seat auditorium; classrooms
28,000-VD!. !ibrary of books on science, history,
technology, anthropoiogy, astronomy availsbie
for tnter-i ihrary #can and for use on premises;
2w-seat pianetarim: reading room: UOO and 200
seat audit~ritms; CI~SS~OO~S. 800-acre cumining
~ature Center containing year-rottnd frai is, recon~tructed
pioneer homestead, iog silgarhoilse and
outdoor exhibits: 100-seat theater; wild-life viewing
area; restauiani. Educational items pertaining
to prograin fields for Sale.
88,000 voi. i ibrary with 30,000 pamphlets and 1.300
serial publications of Pacific Island sources,
manuscripts, voyages, prints, engravings, works
of art on paper, letters and documents available
on preniises; current periodicals: historical
photograph colieciions; oil paintings: 1,500
cubic fcer of business archives; reading room:
exhibit space: planetarium: Hal i of Discovery;
H B Y i ~ sinmigrant weritage ~rerervataon center:
Science center; 100-seat theater; ciassrooos: 200seat
auditorium. Books, jewelry, authentic ethnographic
repreductions, handicrafts, painting* %
photograph^ POI. sale.
967,000-vni. % ib-ary of botany: ininera, sciences;
paieobiOlOgy: systemic biology; American ethnology;
tropical biology; photo biology; solar radiation;
z0010gy; anrhropolagy; history of astronautics ind
aeronautics; asirophy5icr; American history and
cuitilre; history of science and technology: philately;
4aerican painting. sculpture. poriraitilre, and biopra~ny;
iecoraiive arts and design, especially interior design:
$arty works of travel and scientific expioration;
w~eolo9y; avaiiabie For inter-I ibrary loan and for
,se by quai ified scholars. Graphic representation
>f items in the coiiections, educatlanai toys,
Binera1 spectmens, book8 and other museum-related
item for sale.
SOLITCC: Aseiican assoctainon OF ~useuins, orficiai Museum Direcrow [New Yark: 19871, pp. 135, 175, 187,
218, ~95, 515, 565; Samliel 8. x. Chang, ~ean a. Funalsu, and Kenneth K. nihara, Feasibii,tv S-
State Aci?uirifion of 81rhoo Museum, Legislative Reference 8uresu (HO~O~UIU: 1972). PP. 23-211.